ChipBuilder Privacy Policy

Last updated: 11 October 2026

This policy explains what personal data the game ChipBuilder processes and why. ChipBuilder is made and published by bitheap GmbH, Dennlerstrasse 21A, 8047 Zürich, Switzerland ("we"). For any privacy question or request, write to support@bitheap.tech.

The short version

ChipBuilder is a single-player game. It has no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and we do not sell or share personal data. Your progress is saved on your own computer. The only personal data involved is what your game store needs to award achievements.

Achievements and your store account

To unlock achievements, the game uses the platform you bought it on:

• Epic Games Store: the game signs in with your Epic Games account through Epic Account Services and receives your Epic account ID and display name. These are used only to record which achievements you have unlocked. Epic Games processes this data under its own privacy policy.
• Steam: achievements are recorded by Valve through Steamworks under Valve's privacy policy.

We can see aggregated achievement statistics in the store's developer tools. We do not receive your email address, payment details or friends list.

Data stored on your computer

Your save games and settings are stored locally on your computer and are never sent to us. Deleting the game's save folder removes them.

Sharing your progress

If you press a share button, the game opens X (Twitter) or LinkedIn in your web browser with a pre-written message, or copies the message to your clipboard. Nothing is posted unless you post it yourself, and what happens on those sites is governed by their own privacy policies.

Purchases

Purchases are handled entirely by the store you buy from. We receive sales reports that do not identify you.

Legal basis and your rights

We process the data above to provide the game you acquired (performance of a contract). Under the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP) and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you may ask us for access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, and you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in Switzerland, the FDPIC). Because we hold almost no personal data ourselves, most requests are best directed to the store whose account you use; we will help where we can.

Children

ChipBuilder does not knowingly collect personal data from children beyond what the store platform provides for achievements.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top.